The Girl on the Corner

Chapter One

Hello! Well this is Chapter One! I hope you enjoy! xx

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Jordan Prescott is my name, I'm 18. I was left on the doorstep of Happy Harbor Orphanage when I was only 6 months old. My parents didn't want me. I was too much "work". They left me, with a note, and a knock at the door, without a word, nothing, just left me there. Happy Harbor Orphanage is nothing special really, it's just a house, a really big house. It kinda has to be if it houses me and five other orphans. Anyway, Nora is our orphanage "mother" as she likes to call herself. She's nothing near it. But I'll take what I can get. I get bullied at school because I'm an orphan, so do all the other orphans. We stick together and we formed a very strong bond with each other. Anyway, let's see what a normal day is like at Happy Harbor....

"JORDAN!" The "mother" of the orphanage, Nora, screamed

"Coming!" I yelled back

I ran down the stairs to see what it is she could possibly want me to do this time ...

"Yes Nora?" I asked her as she sat there with her feet up on the couch with one of those cucumber facial mask things on, filing her nails. Oh please. If she asks me to give her a foot massage I'm going to flip.

"Oh Jordan, thank goodness. I need you to scrub the toilets for my dear." Nora said

"But Nora I ju--" I was interrupted

"DO IT!" Nora shouted, I jumped a little at the tone of voice

"It's what I live for.." I said with a sigh, turning to leave.

I walked down the hallway and into the little walk-in-closet in our huge bathroom. I opened the door as I found a little surprise waiting for me.. Kaylee, the youngest orphan, in the closet..

"Kaylee what are you doing?!" I asked as she came out from under her Little Mermaid towel.

"Hiding...Audrey, Andrea and I are playing hide-and-seek." Kaylee said in her sweet little voice

"Ah, I see. Well Nora told me to clean the toilets, so don't mind me.." I said reaching over her and getting the supplies I needed.

"Don't let Andrea know i'm in here, she's it!" Kaylee said

"I won't I promise!" I told her, holing out my pinky to her

"Good, thanks Jordan!" Kaylee said taking my pinky

I closed the closet door where Kaylee was hiding and, walked my way over to the porcelain nightmare that awaits me.. Nora always had us kids do stupid, pointless stuff around the house for her. Like we're personal maids. We all put up with it, cause well we're orphans, where else are we supposed to go? Nora is 42 years old, and single, and man I do not blame those men. I'm the oldest girl of the orphange, i'm basically the real 'mother' the little ones come to me for everything. Even Ryan sometimes. Matt, is the oldest guy orphan, he's 19, and is losing all hope in anything. As much as we try to cheer him up, he's always, well down in the dumps.. What was I supposed to be doing? Oh yeah, toilets. I put on my rubber gloves, got the toilet brush and scrubbed. Basically scrubbing my life away. This is what i'm living for? No. There has to be something else out there for me.

About 2 hours later, the toilets and bathrooms were clean. Now, let's see if I can get permission to get out of here.. I walked into the den, and found Nora watching some kind of dramatic show, eating ice cream, what.a.loner!